GENERAL51569

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/27/1981
• Doc Name: MCCLANE CYN TRIP REPORT
• From: ROCKY BEAVERS
• To: BOB STARR
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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FEB 2 7 1981
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Cn 2/17/R1, 7ryan `Junson and T traveled [n Grand .function to attend a ~ee[inC
L,ith Chnrlie JlolcoTh of the Soil Conservation £rrvir.e. Chnrlie is i.n charge
of sunnlyiny.. SCS ~iscric[ co-ooeratore with veor.tation anal soils information
as it relates [o cant oneraCions in SCS i',erion I of Colorado. Aryan exorensed
nn interest in meeting Chnrlie to discuss •.rhnt information thr_ SCS could
snnr.lv~nntentinl coal operators. !~!e met ^ith Charlie red Chen cor.clu~ird the
day by cnnncctinG with Jim Jlerrnn of r'1T•B.
The followinN day, 2/7(t/RI, Jim Flecron, ?'•rvan :dunson and myself [raveled to
thv ~JCCl.ane and tJUnger Canyon 'tines. There we• mkt with Aill P.oswnrth of
Sheridan F.nternrises to lonY. o[ the mi.n~ permL[ wren rahile ,Tin Jlcr:•on
conducted a mine inspection. TC was ohscrved ChnC [he rnfcrNr.ce nrr.as
rrorosc•d for the NcClane Canyon ~(ine were grnznr! heavily and [hat then mill
nee•i to ',.' tr•nce.d in ord~>.r [o hrino. Cher cnnditior of the, ran^el.nn.1 un to a
fair c:rter,nry n•gnired by the Cnlerado nrn¢ran. 'lehi nd the. office hui ldin~a
nt the "cCl am Canyon "i ne is n very ntcen Cot [hat •.r~s Left niter the hr. nth
~a~i mass ConsCructo,i. Jig. Herron e~.presse•i concern. about [he sty~ili[y of [his
cut and ~.:m discussed ways [n stahilizr the +~nl-t. ~~e altarnativr, r.har would
minimize surface dis[urhance Co the exis[inC ven.cta.tion :anuld he to cut a
arair nten arrange_nent into the +;a11 any stnhi.li z~• tl•, n.se str•n, ~~i t'+ ~.nh inns.
'rh i:; epm•nrs Co be a viable al ternati,•e in th, .aC Sheri don many to ^se o.a r,ions
nt lL,r:ir 7funyrr dine and eorre=nnndin^, cnoskructinn of p?`,iuc= at ti; (• 'JcClnne
`~in•~ ~.anuid reduce total costs.
After we comnle[ed [he tour of 1:cClnne and A*unrer Canvon +%e [!fen nrocneded to
the Fruity ;4ine yo Jim could complrkn a ~tnCe inypec U nn. ~uesr tons arna:~
from Darrr.ll tiasnc at Chi Fruity A!inu as ro wlrv they hni to ncrnit [heir
)nndout and Fhcridan 1`~nter pri ses down the rnnd~w:?e nn[ regal rr_1 Cn permit.
Ji:r. raid rhat he ,aoald find nut Colorado's nnlicv nn tort loadout facili[iea
and wou!;I relay [ha[ infnrnarinn Cn mr. r, in turn, would check nu[ (~S•J
nolicv and would ;hen relate this information to '.r. Nesne. This was :!one
tionday, '?/?3/A1. 'Che fnl ln++inA is Colorado's no]ica: Cnlnr'ado renal res a
permit nn ell loadouts and orocessint; facilities nt nr near the nine, but +~ill
require n•.rmits on env londouc iar.ili.ev ~n n~[[cr ,.hat the •tir,[n~,r_e from the
nine co loop ns that facility in'usrl Solely ss n lnndo+.rt for tt:n[ cool
oxration (confin•ra[inn n'~onc call, .li•a :~orron, ;+?i.A, 1:?0 pv ?/~~/al ). On
'~/?3/51, Jim tient informed mu that Col.oradn ,rill determine on a cnr3e-by-case
hn::is, the ocrmittin~ nc>ds of car.h~ coal nocratr,r'p londnut Faci.lir.v.
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